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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+#ifndef BAREMETAL_SYSTEM_INIT_H
+#define BAREMETAL_SYSTEM_INIT_H
+
+#include "bsp.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Initialises the platform (MPS3 FPGA board or Fixed Virtual Platform)
+ *          Updates the system core clock and initialises the UART. It also
+ *          verifies that the Cortex-M CPU variant being used matches the expected
+ *          value if running on MPS3.
+ * @return  0 if successful, error code otherwise.
+*/
+int system_init(void);
+
+/**
+ * @brief  Releases the platform (MPS3 FPGA board or Fixed Virtual Platform).
+ **/
+void system_release(void);
+
+/**
+ * @brief  Return the name the platform (MPS3 FPGA board or Fixed Virtual Platform).
+ * @param[out]   name Platform name string.
+ * @param[in]    size Name string length.
+ **/
+void system_name(char* name, size_t size);
+
+#endif /* BAREMETAL_SYSTEM_INIT_H */